Cerebration

OLD TAPES FROM THE COMMUNAL KITCHEN: SONIA SARKAR

Sonia Sarkar is from Austin, Texas. Currently, she works as Chief of Staff to the CEO of Project HEALTH, a national health care nonprofit. In 2009, she was awarded the 'Changemaker of the Year' award by SAALT (South Asian-Americans Leading Together). Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in Right Hand Pointing, Frontage Roads, 32Poems, and the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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Harvests are when I rappel away,
freed from whale bone and steel frame
cascade headfirst into Carnaval secrets
swirl deep cranberry across dance-floor hearts
you fill the space with your ether
coffee canister tucked sadly behind rails

moonlit glint of silver band, oxidized imperfection
pirate chin tilted slightly in the changing 
breeze like yellow orchids waving

your salt and pepper mutton chops
shock me into partial growth
tepid trust games as boys tremble,
timorous


the sun plays peek-a-boo with your shadow heart
so I guard your fealty, won in our seesaw wager,
and ginger-sidestep these infantile branches
as they begin to creep outwards
solemn summer solstice air
polite cheering in the stands
run lanes like rainbow crabs

have your pick and roll it too

but after crowds have left
I am here sweeping.
pink rinds and raw male egos


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